Month: August 2020

5:16 PM ET New York Yankees left-hander James Paxton will have an MRI after feeling some discomfort in his forearm/elbow area, manager Aaron Boone said after Thursday’s 10-5 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. Paxton (1-2) started the game, allowing three runs over five innings while allowing one hit and walking four, striking out eight.
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5:09 PM ET The New York Mets‘ game Thursday against the Miami Marlins has been postponed after two positive tests for the coronavirus within the Mets’ organization, Major League Baseball announced Thursday. In addition, Friday’s game between the Mets and New York Yankees has been postponed to allow for additional testing and for contact tracing
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3:12 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — In team meetings and conversations at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, the National Basketball Players Association has been preparing its membership for the likelihood that the start of free agency in mid-October could be pushed back several weeks, sources told ESPN. Because of the uncertainty
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4:47 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward said he knew something was wrong the moment he suffered a Grade 3 right ankle sprain in the fourth quarter of Boston’s victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of their first-round series. “I knew right away,” Hayward said
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4:55 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri issued a statement on Thursday afternoon in his first public comments since video footage showed the altercation with Ujiri and a San Francisco-area sheriff’s deputy following the clinching game of the NBA Finals last year. Ujiri starts the statement thanking everyone who expressed “disappointment and
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5:11 PM ET American Amy Olson carded a four-under-par 67 to take a three-shot lead in the women’s British Open on Thursday as several players struggled to come to grips with the unforgiving conditions at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland. The year’s first women’s golf major since the pandemic shut down the tour
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5:42 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, Wales — Sam Horsfield began his bid for a third title in four starts on the European Tour by shooting 2-over 73 in the first round of the Wales Open on Thursday, leaving him seven strokes off the lead held by Jordan Smith and Connor Syme. Horsfield won the
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3:32 PM ET The St. Louis Blues have not decided on a goaltender for Game 6 as they face elimination on Friday against the Vancouver Canucks. “I’m going to think about it still, so I have not made that decision yet,” coach Craig Berube said. Jake Allen took the crease from Jordan Binnington in Game
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